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Below is our complete Drowning The Light news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.

Drowning the Light has announced an upcoming split with Circle of Ouroborus titled "Moonflares." The band issued the following statement about the split and offered links to download samples:

"A split between these two melancholic entities that is not defined by genre, but by occult mysticism, sorrow, nostalgia and comradery. Circle of Ouroborus present 3 songs of utter desperation and sorrow, this is truly haunting and nostalgic music from these Finnish souls.

"The cult of Drowning the Light tear the flesh and spill the blood with epic and melancholic Black Metal from the shores of Oceania. Limited to 500 copies.

"Samples (keep in minds these are low quality mp3s): Circle of Ouroborus track here and Drowning the Light's song here."

Australian black metal act Drowning the Light has announced an upcoming split EP with Sargeist titled "Crimson Wine / As the Blood Flows On..." The Split EP, which will be limited to only 500 copies, is currently set for release on February 22nd, 2011 through Moribund Cult Records.

You can check out the cover artwork for the "Crimson Wine / As the Blood Flows On..." split EP at this location, or hear sample Drowning the Light songs available for streaming through the band's MySpace music player.

As was previously announced, the Black Mass Festival in Sydney was canceled after protests by a religious organization. Seance Records has now issued the following announcement about resurrecting the show as the Armageddon Festival:

"From the ashes of Black Mass festival Armageddon Festival rises like the phoenix to unite Australia’s black metal underground and as a testament to the rights of artists to freely express their full artistic views without censorship or opposition.

"Australia’s black metal & extreme metal forces join once more in the ultimate union of musical black metal art over two huge nights in Sydney. They make no excuses for their ideologies nor the creation of extreme noise but only stand obstinate in the face of those who would challenge their musical freedom.

"Friday night will begin the blackening of souls at The Bald Faced Stag Hotel. Pestilential Shadows burning with ire shall reunite for an exclusive live performance on the dawn of their fourth album soon to be unleashed! Another truly rare performance ensuing shall be that of Arkheth who have risen to new heights of Neo Classical, Symphonic Black Metal composition on their recent opus, ‘IX & I’. A true gem of the AUBM underground, Arkheth states that this shall be their last show for all eternity.

"Naetu from Perth join the libations with their dark misanthropy alongside Sydney’s Bleakwood, who featuring members of Ironwood will be making their live debut which is not to be missed! Friday Night celebrations will be closed by an exclusive & secret guest performance which shall only be revealed to those eyes who bear witness to what shall come. More...

Drowning the Light has announced its only Australian live show of 2011 will take place at Sydney's Armageddon Fest, which occurs on February 4th and 5th, 2011. The currently announced lineup for the festival is as follows:

Metal Obsession reports that a Sydney-based religious group on Facebook has seemingly successfully protested against the running of a Black metal mini-festival at Sydney venue Newtown RSL. It is understood that the venue pulled out from the event, and the promoter, Séance Records, has currently postponed the event until another date/venue can be found.

The protesting Facebook group has the following statement as their description, on a profile that has limited public content available to non-members.

This coming Sat 27th November a satanic “Black Mass” celebration is to occur at Newtown RSL – it is simply disgraceful. The advertising which features the insignia of the Church of Satan and an inverted crucifix is encouraging people to come and partake in an “unholy spell to be cast upon the city of Sydney” featuring the “ultimate of soul possessing occult revelations…unbridled blasphemy… [and] a union of all things unholy.

Promoter, Séance Records, has subsequently announced the postponement of the event until another date/venue can be found. They commented in a press release posted on Brisbane based metal forums Brismetal…

Less than two weeks out from the show The RSL board has pulled the plug on Black Mass Festival. They have blatantly cancelled with no prior notice and with no option of negotiation or compromise. They have sadly bowed under pressure from Christians who have lobbied them to cancel the show.

The Christians have launched the full scale of their campaign at the last minute, I believe in a calculated manner to sabotage us to the fullest extent possible. They have done so via a series of facebook pages organized to have the event cancelled. From their website we can tell that these are the same people who lobby against gay & lesbian rights, womens reproductive rights & contraception.

Their actions will cause large scale hurt not to a secret den of Satanists as they may imagine but to normal hard working, tax paying, law abiding Australians. Young people who have taken time off work, rearranged their schedules and family life, then spent money that they probably can’t afford on flights and tickets to the event in the pursuit of a shared love for heavy metal & live independent Australian music.

Drowning the Light has issued the following statement about the band's upcoming album "Catacombs of Blood:"

"From the depths of Oceania comes the newest curse of cruel, melancholic and majestic Black Metal from Drowning the Light. In the spirit and true essence of the past, 'Catacombs of Blood' is a journey through utter blackness & despair, transcending through spheres of negative energy & reflecting murderous, predatory instincts. Over 50 minutes of sorrow & hate, tearing asunder the illusion & revealing the beast inside. It calls to that which stires beneath the soil & emanates beyond the galaxies. Part of the OAA cult. This album has a 24 page booklet, with some amazing obscure and dark unique artworks created for each set of lyrics."

Three songs from the album can be heard through the band's MySpace page.

Finnish black metallers Sargeist have revealed details regarding the band's upcoming studio album "Let The Devil In." "Let The Devil In" is set to be released on November 9th, 2010 through Moribund Records and is the follow up to 2005's "Disciple of the Heinous Path."

"Let The Devil In" tracklisting:1. Empire of Suffering2. A Spell to Awaken the Temple3. From the Black Coffin Lair4. Burning Voice of Adoration5. Nocturnal Revelation6. Discovering the Enshrouded Eye7. Let the Devil In8. Sanguine Rituals9. Twilight Breath of Satan10. As Darkness Tears the World Apart

Sargeist also plan to release thier 6th split EP titled "Crimson Wine / As the Blood Flows On..." on September 29th, 2010 through Moribund Records with Australian black metallers Drowning the Light.

Australian black metallers Drowning The Light have announced they will be releasing a split album with Sargeist titled "Crimson Wine / As the Blood Flows On..." The split album will be released on June 28th, 2010 via Moribund Records. In the mean time you can check out sample Drowning the Light tracks via the band's official MySpace page.

Australian black metal act Drowning The Light have released their new mini-CD "The Fading Rays Of The Sun" through Obscure Abhorrence Productions. The cover artwork for the album can be found at this location. Drowning The Light are also streaming the title track from the album at their MySpace page.

The track listing for "The Fading Rays Of The Sun" is as follows:

1. The Fading Rays Of The Sun2. Child Of The Moon3. Tide Of Vengeance4. Apparitions Of Death